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/ Season

Journeys Into Film

Screenings across October

We’re proud to partner with Journeys Festival International again this October, presenting a film programme celebrating the power of community, connection and the different journeys that bring us together.

/ Season

MET Opera 2026-27 Season

Running until June 2027

MET Opera returns for the new 2026/27 season with an award-winning series of eight live high-definition broadcasts, including Verdi’s thrilling take on Macbeth, Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, and Mozart's comic classic Così fan Tutte.

/ Season

QUEER! SCHLOCK! HORROR!

Screenings through to 31 October

We’ve joined with Screen Queens and Leicester Queer Film Club to present a season of camp, progressive, and subversive queer horror this October – from recent cult favourites to those long beloved for their LGBTQIA subtext.

/ Exhibition

Two Queens Presents: I Push My Fingers into My Phone’s Eyes

Until Sun 1 Nov | Gallery, Free

Curated by Two Queens and Phoenix, this new gallery exhibition brings together work by artists responding to themes of technological trust and mistrust, comfort and discomfort, connection and dependency.

/ Green Screen

How Deep Is Your Love 12A

Thu 22 Oct, 3.45pm

Eleanor Mortimer’s deeply absorbing documentary follows a group of marine biologists trying to understand life in the deep-ocean Clarion-Clipperton Zone, while grappling with the question of whether their presence risks harming what they seek to protect.

/ Alfred Hitchcock Season

Psycho 15

Thu 22 Oct, 6.15pm

An absolute classic to end our three month season, Psycho is perhaps Hitchcock’s most famous and influential work.

/ Art & Digital Culture

Curator’s Talk: I Push My Fingers into My Phone’s Eyes N/A

Thu 22 Oct, 6.30pm | Free event, booking required

Join curator Gino Attwood (Two Queens) for an introduction to our latest gallery exhibition, I Push My Fingers into My Phone's Eyes.

/ Stage on Screen

Fallen Angels by Noël Coward TBC

Thu 22 Oct, 7pm | Sun 25 Oct, 3.15pm

Filmed live on stage at Broadway’s Todd Haimes Theatre, this Tony Award-winning production of Noël Coward’s champagne-fresh comedy of bad manners comes to the big screen, starring Golden Globe-winner Rose Byrne and Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara.

/ Course

Film School 18+

Thursdays, 22 Oct – 17 Dec, 7pm – 9pm

Award-winning filmmaker and director Keith Allott leads our annual practical introduction to filmmaking, taking you step by step all the way from pre-production planning through to the final edit of your film.

/ Film

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House PG

Screening from Fri 23 Oct

They’re not back, they never left! The action returns to the crumbling mansion where Britain's favourite ragtag bunch of ghosts live.

/ Film

Fatherland 12A

Screening from Fri 23 Oct

★★★★★ – Guardian. Winner of the Best Director award at Cannes, Paweł Pawlikowski’s poetic new drama centres on the relationship between Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller).

/ Film

Wildwood 12A

Screening from Fri 23 Oct

An exquisite stop-motion animation about a Portland teen who must rescue her baby brother after he is kidnapped by crows!

Access Cinema

Regular screenings for people with differing access needs, to give all our customers the chance to enjoy a great cinema experience.

Audio described screenings

For our customers who are blind or have slight loss, many films come with audio description, where a recorded narrator describes the on-screen action during gaps in the dialogue. This is broadcast through wireless headsets so only the wearer can hear.

Relaxed environment screenings

Our relaxed environment screening have reduced sound levels, partially raised lighting, no trailers, and freedom to move around and use sensory aids. They are particularly suited to to people with neuro-diversities including autism, ADHD or other sensory processing disorders.

Descriptive Subtitled

For anyone who is deaf or has hearing loss, we show descriptive subtitled versions of the latest English language movies in our main cinema screens.

Phoenix Leicester

Phoenix is Leicester’s centre for independent cinema, art and digital culture. Films and art deserve to be experienced somewhere special – which is why the whole Phoenix team works hard to make Phoenix a place where everyone can feel welcome and inspired.

Following a multi-million pound expansion, Phoenix now boast four state-of-the-art cinema screens, and shows everything from micro-budget independent films to the latest Hollywood blockbusters, plus film festivals and special events. And as an independent venue, the team handpicks Phoenix’s cinema programme specifically for Leicester audiences, so you’ll see things at Phoenix that aren’t screening in any other local cinemas.

With two superb galleries, Phoenix’s digital art programme presents exciting and innovative work by local and international artists; and short courses, workshops and activities provide opportunities for people of all ages to learn about and create their own film and art.

Our newly opened Café Bar offers a stylish and comfortable place to see friends and relax over a meal and drinks, or meet with clients and catch up on some work.

Phoenix believes that film and art have the power to enhance lives, and for many customers Phoenix staff make the difference. With a clear passion for their work, you’ll find many are studying film or art locally, or are involved in the wider creative community Phoenix attracts.

And as a local charity, all earnings go back into developing Phoenix’s creative programmes, enabling them to reach out to more people.

We hope to see you soon.